Far from clever, the typical QRPer has crappy antennas on any band and are mostly just an annoyance on 160 after dark.
OTOH Ive QRP DXCC from 160-10M but the antennas did most of the work. Im also up to 17 countries on 160 with 100 milliwatts. I havent had any interest in WAS or working other QRPers. Carl KM1H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chortek, Robert L" <[email protected]> To: "ZR" <[email protected]> Cc: "Jim F." <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "Milt -- N5IA" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 6:44 PM Subject: Re: Topband: It is not so much propagation >I think the idea is that a qrp station might not be heard by a station so >weak the qrp station needs a beverage to hear him. > > Of course, one could describe circumstances where that would be true and > others where it would not be true. > > I thought it was clever.... > > 73 > > Bob/AA6VB > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 19, 2012, at 3:38 PM, "ZR" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That makes absolutely no sense when at the edge of reception. >> >> Carl >> KM1H >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jim F." <[email protected]> >> To: "Milt -- N5IA" <[email protected]> >> Cc: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 4:55 PM >> Subject: Re: Topband: It is not so much propagation >> >> >> QRPers generally do not need Beverages as much as other stations >> do. >> >> Think about that one for awhile. >> >> jim / W1FMR >> >> >> >> >> --- On Mon, 3/19/12, Milt -- N5IA <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From: Milt -- N5IA <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Topband: It is not so much propagation >>> To: >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Date: Monday, March 19, 2012, 2:23 PM >>> Beverages do NOT make lightning >>> caused static crashes go away. They can >>> significantly reduce the received level of the crashes from >>> the directions >>> different from the listening direction. >>> >>> However, in the listening direction Beverages will actually >>> "clear up" the >>> crashes being heard from that direction. In other >>> words, those crashes will >>> become the predominant ones you hear with the exception of >>> those caused by >>> local storms. >>> >>> The crashes from the listening direction will not be as >>> strong as they will >>> be when listening on the TX antenna. >>> >>> The points I am trying to make are: >>> >>> 1. Beverages work VERY well. >>> >>> 2. Beverages will NOT eliminate all static crashes. >>> >>> 3. There is no silver bullet, but Beverages are about >>> as close to the >>> perfect solution as you can get. >>> >>> 4. There is NO substitute for acreage. I >>> sincerely wish everyone had the >>> capability of installing Beverages. But that wish is >>> no different than my >>> wish that we all had our TX antennas at the edge of a salty >>> ocean beach. >>> So, we live with what we have. >>> >>> Mis dos centavos, >>> >>> de Milt, N5IA >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> From: Guy Olinger K2AV >>> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 8:19 AM >>> >>> Only if they have space for them. >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:59 AM, K4OWR <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> :::: When I switch to my beverage antenna the noise pretty >>> much goes to >>> almost nothing. >>> Don't most serious operators have one....or more??? >>> BILL K4OWR >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> On 3/19/2012 10:22 AM, N7DF wrote: >>> >>> During the summer the storm static is the main obstacle to >>> top band >>> operation here 40 over nine crashes every >>> 30 seconds kind of drown out >>> everything, QRP or QRO >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4880 - Release Date: 03/19/12 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK >> > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4880 - Release Date: 03/19/12 > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
